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I am white British, brought up in Oldham, Greater Manchester.\u00a0 Staying in the north, I read French and German at Durham University.<\/p>\n

I came to London and qualified as a solicitor at Slaughter and May specialising in corporate finance.\u00a0 I then had 11 years\u2019 experience in general counsel positions in the private equity sector and have now spent 10 years in asset management.<\/p>\n

I founded the Private Equity Lawyers Forum in 2003 and ran a women in biotech networking group raising funds for charities in women\u2019s empowerment.\u00a0 I have served on the Professional Standards Committee of Invest Europe, chairing its Responsible Investment Roundtable, served on the Responsible Investment Board of the British Venture Capital Association and served as a member of the Investment Association\u2019s Financial Crime Committee.<\/p>\n

I am a trustee of The Big House Theatre providing performing arts experience for care-leavers, mentor for Black Women in Asset Management and on the Advisory Council of Trevelyan College, Durham.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m a domestic violence survivor and was single parent female breadwinner for my three children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":11037,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","inline_featured_image":false},"groups":[65],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nClaire Wilkinson - Diversity Project<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/diversityproject.com\/team\/claire-wilkinson\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Claire Wilkinson - Diversity Project\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I am white British, brought up in Oldham, Greater Manchester.\u00a0 Staying in the north, I read French and German at Durham University. 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